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144: We Lie To Ourselves. An Interview with Col. David Hackworth.

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The Importance of Listening to the Loser

We didn't meet them in the open and fought like, and we fought like the Indians behind trees using concealment and cover. And a couple hundred years later, we had the British mentality towards fighting and we had forgotten the lessons that we had taught the British. Can you think about that quote from Westmoreland is awful. Why should I study the lessons of French? They hadn't won a war since Napoleon. That's awful to read. Put that ego in check. Next question. What do you think that the United States tremendous firepower could have won the war? Hackworth. The solution to winning the war was to cause reform in the government to win the hearts and minds of the

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